JavaScript, which follows a standardization called ECMAscript (that's why we call it ES6+), has a yearly release. Some releases are larger than others. ES6 was a notably large release
But who chooses what ECMAscript looks like?
- You
TC39
Technical Committee 39. A group of developers who propose changes to ECMAscript. The proposals go through several different stages until they are implemented.
TC39 Proposal Stages
Stage 0: Strawman - Seeking input on the proposal
Stage 1: Proposal - Define the why and challenges from adding proposal
Stage 2: Draft - Define a specific syntax for proposal
Stage 3: Candidate - Refine proposal
Stage 4: Finished - Ready for the next release of ECMA
SemVer
Semantic Versioning. Most programming languages/libraries follow semver for releases
